You can move Alaska and Hawaii for presentation purposes using United States GIS mapping software.
When mapping your data, whether they are sales territory maps or customer density maps, you may want to show Hawaii and Alaska on the same report.
The best way to accomplish this is to create a layout report in Maptitude mapping software.
To try these steps for yourself, you can use your Maptitude Desktop license or request a free trial of Maptitude.
- If you are creating a new map from the Home page, select New map of the United States and click OK.
You can also try the steps below once you have finished creating a map with the data that you need. - Go to Tools>Reports>New Layout to create a layout report.
- Use the Place Map/Dataview in Layout button to click and drag on the map to place the map of mainland US.
- Go to the Window menu in the top left to return to the map.
- Go to Map>Duplicate.
- Use the Edit>Find feature to zoom to Hawaii or Alaska.
- Go to the Window menu in the top left to return to the layout report.
- Use the Place Map/Dataview in Layout button to click and drag on the map to place the map of Hawaii or Alaska.
- Repeat steps 4 through 8 for any other areas you want to show as separate maps in the layout report.
- Once you are done, you can export the map by going to File>Print or File>Export>…
For more information on creating a layout report, please see the tutorial video or webinar on creating layout reports.